A former firefighter who is serving a 30-year prison sentence for sexually exploiting a child recently filed a motion to reduce his sentence, which the U.S. government has opposed.
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A federal judge on Monday denied a request by a former member of the disgraced and defunct Baltimore police Gun Trace Task Force to be let out of prison early.
In a four-page decision, a judge has denied former Baltimore City Police Officer Daniel Hersl compassionate release from prison."A message certainly needs to be
BALTIMORE — Former Baltimore police Detective Daniel Hersl, who earned a reputation as a particularly brutal member of the department’s rogue Gun Trace Task Force on his way to federal convictions for robbing citizens, won’t be released from prison yet. U.S. District Judge George L. Russell III denied Hersl’s request for compassionate release, writing in an order Monday that the need to deter .